--- title: If the Sun went out, what would happen to wind power on Earth? — Energy: what makes things happen · tree and pragmatics description: If the Sun went out, what would happen to wind power on Earth? Test 3 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Energy: what makes things happen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/) / t3 # Test 3 · Energy: what makes things happen If the Sun went out, what would happen to wind power on Earth? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** go out, happen · **To what, where:** wind power This is test 3 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» of the physics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t3:1 # text = If the Sun went out, what would happen to wind power on Earth? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Sun | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **happen** | would | | wind power on Earth | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It would be the only kind of power left that still works ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t3:o1:1 # text = It would be the only kind of power left that still works 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | It | the only kind | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | power | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **work** | present | power *not said here* | | | | still | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would fail, because the Sun drives the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t3:o2:1 # text = It would fail, because the Sun drives the wind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | would | It | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drive** | present | the Sun | the wind | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It would get stronger without sunshine ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t3:o3:1 # text = It would get stronger without sunshine 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | | | | | without sunshine; strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, the wind does not need the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing, the wind does not need the Sun 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Nothing | the Sun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; 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